Borrowing a decorative motif from Frank Lloyd Wright's Nathan Moore House—an early Wright building in Oak Park, Illinois, which the architect had a chance to substantially re-imagine and renovate ...(Read More)

The American single-family dwelling has changed radically over the past century, and as these 20 design projects show, its evolution continues. With an emphasis on open layouts, innovative windows, ...(Read More)

Developing their own, distinctly American interpretation of the international arts and crafts style, architects Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene worked together in California at the turn ...(Read More)

The recipient of the 1990 Pritzker Prize, Norman Foster is one of Britain's most prolific contemporary architects. His remarkable buildings and civic projects—from the Reichstag in Berlin and Hong ...(Read More)

For over 60 years Nikolaus Pevsner's study of European architecture has been regarded as a seminal work for students and enthusiasts of architecture. This updated, large format edition expands upon ...(Read More)

From Palazzo Farnese, designed by Michelangelo (where Tosca stabbed Scarpia in Puccini's opera, and now the French embassy in Italy), to Palazzo Quirinale (once the residence of Italy's kings and now ...(Read More)

Covering a wide range of buildings, from the city's Roman fountains (the Arènes de Lutèce, for example) to the most modern projects (the Parc de la Villette and the Bibliothèque de France), as well ...(Read More)

The senior curator of Greek and Roman antiquities in the British Museum, Ian Jenkins here surveys the Museum's Parthenon sculptures as prime examples of classical Greek art, as well as how they have ...(Read More)

Following the Reformation, Protestants radically reduced the number of religious symbols in their churches and their secular environments, significantly influencing art and architecture. Citing ...(Read More)

From the Old Town City Hall (parts of which date to 1338), with its remarkable astronomical clock, to the art deco Trade Exhibition Palace (1928) by Oldrich Tyl and Josef Fuchs, and the light-hearted ...(Read More)

This unique collection of 60 drawings and 18 prints represents the sketch portfolio of Austrian-born architect Mark Freeman, who during his years of study at Columbia University recorded the ...(Read More)